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Greed Corp is now available on PlayStation Network priced at $9.99 and Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 for 800 Microsoft Points. W!Games is pretty happy about this, you might say. So happy that they’ve released a special trailer to commemorate the launch. It’s a really nice trailer, too. Greed Corp is the first in a series of games set in Mistbound universe, a world of feudal warfare and environmental destruction. Wage war and battle for resources as one of four factions, each with its own campaign spanning 24 maps and 10+ hours of singleplayer gameplay. Take the battle to your friends with up to 4-player multiplayer (online, local and computer controlled) across 36 maps. Can you find the delicate balance between harvesting the land for resources and preserving it to stay alive? Will you defend your territory or sacrifice it to keep it out of enemy hands? Follow

DICE announced today that two all-new multiplayer maps for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be unlocked on March 2nd when the game launches. This map pack features the Laguna Alta map for Conquest mode, and Nelson Bay for Rush mode. Later in March, DICE will release another map pack for free with new game purchase (this will work similar to how it did in Mass Effect 2, since without a code you can get the maps for $15), giving players a chance to experience the Arica Harbor map in Conquest mode and Laguna Presa map in Rush mode. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 will be in stores on March 2, 2010 in North America. Follow

EA’s latest trailer for Skate 3 features lots of talk about why the university setting was chosen for this game. Apparently, this place was practically made for skateboarding, what with all the things like handrails. The university is fast. How fast? “Killer fast.” Watch below to check out the Port Carverton University District. (FYI, Skate 3 is projected for release in May.) Video Games | Skate 3 | University District Doc XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii Follow

There is a new zombie threat on the horizon headed to an iPhone near you. Tweet Defense is a unique tower defense game that utilizes (but doesn’t require) your Twitter account to boost gameplay. We had an opportunity to toss a few questions over to the team at Promethium that put it all together and learned more about how the game works with Twitter, zombie obsessions, and where the company is headed. Enjoy! GA: Firstly, tell us a little bit about Promethium. CP: Promethium is a marketing company formed by ex-Microsofters Tony Hynes, Nelson Rodriguez and Chris Paladino. We also were lucky enough to steal Jay Van Beveren from his job bringing the company to 4. We have lots of experience building communities around brands; finding those passionate fans and giving them the information they need to thrive. We’ve been fortunate to be able to work with some of the

Atari is celebrating a franchise’s big 3-0 with a 30th anniversary edition of Missile Command. The new version currently lives in a mini-site dedicated to the game, and adds entirely online multiplayer gameplay, a first for the franchise. Best of all, this new Missile Command is free to play at www.missilecommand.com. Inspired by the very real threat of nuclear retaliations in 1980, Missile Command has the player protecting six cities from a continuously-larger library of missiles with a trackball control method. Missile Command was an Atari 2600 bestseller. The online version is the result of an Atari/OMGPOP collaboration, and includes new features like new power-ups, new enemies, upgrades, and online multiplayer co-op. It also features somewhat adaptive difficulty, with the difficulty changing in response to the level of the game and number of players. For being a top player, you even get a little virtual medal to place you on

Square Enix and Valve are entering a partnership in order to provide the PC version of Supreme Commander 2 with Steamworks features (such as product key authentication and social networking) and to offer the title electronically via Steam. Supreme Commander 2 is obviously the sequel to the original Supreme Commander game. Both the retail and electronic versions of Supreme Commander 2 for the PC will be powered by Steamworks, providing gamers with auto-updating, Steam Achievements, Steam support for in-game DLC, and more. The SC2 demo is currently available, and the game is available for pre-purchase. The PC title will be released worldwide the week of March 1st in both physical and electronic forms. (An Xbox 360 version is slated for release on March 16.) More information about Supreme Commander 2 can be found at www.supremecommander2.com. For information about Steam, visit www.steampowered.com. Follow

A huge congratulations to all of the finalists of Magic: the Gathering’s Pro Tour San Diego, but Simon Görtzen took the top prize and claimed bragging rights for this stop. I don’t know how many of these names will mean anything to my readers, but below is a list of the top 8 players. 1. Simon Görtzen (Aachen, Germany) 2. Kyle Boggemes (Waterford, Michigan) 3. Luis Scott-Vargas (Oakland, California) 4. Craige Wescoe (Cincinnati, Ohio) 5. Daniel Gräfensteiner (Nürnberg, Germany) 6. Niels Viaene (Gent, Belgium) 7. Yoshihiko Ikawa (Nishitokyo, Japan) 8. Jeroen Kanis (Rotterdam, Netherlands) I am especially proud to see Luis Scott-Vargas’ name grace this list as I had the chance to see his games at Grand Prix Oakland. It’s great to see players representing so many countries, proving that this is definitely a worldwide past time. Next stop on the professional circuit is Pro Tour—San Juan in Puerto Rico,

Not all of us can be in the UK for the live premiere of Alice in Wonderland, but at 10:15am(pacific) on GamingAngels.com you can watch the entire premier. See Alan Rickman, Michael Sheen, and of course Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Matt Lucas, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Alice comes to theaters on Friday, March 5, 2010 which is still too far away for me. I’m definitely looking forward to watching how UK greets the Alice in Wonderland stars.

In a private auction this week, an anonymous bidder spent $1 million for the first issue of Action Comics, which originally sold for 10 cents back in 1938. According to MarketWatch, the million dollar sale means this issue of Action Comics increased in value 10 million times since it’s original publish date, and three times just in the last year. The last collector to purchase a copy only paid #317,000. “They said it couldn’t be done. They said that no comic book — no matter how rare — would ever sell for $1,000,000. This week, they were proven wrong. And in the midst of a recession, no less!” exclaims a triumphant press release from ComicConnect.com, the Web site that arranged the auction. “The excellent condition of this particular comic is the primary reason it sold for such a sum. Rated at 8/10 for its quality, the copy is in far

So, originally, if you pre-ordered Lost Planet 2 at GameStop, you got a skin of RE5′s Albert Wesker and the Magnum Revolver weapon. However…well, they became so popular that Capcom has decided to give those items to everyone! “But what do I get now? I had something special, but now everyone has it! Will I get anything else special?” I hear you asking. Well, yeah. You will. Fans who pre-order at North American GameStop locations will now receive two new maps for multiplayer. These two map packs include “Helix”, with several layers and twisted corridors, and “Back to the Island,” which includes all of Island 902 from the beaches to the carrier and underwater. Capcom has also decided to include localized splitscreen gameplay in Lost Planet 2. So now you can play with a friend without having to have two consoles. One couch will do. Follow